Ways and Means

Books

** LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE ** A searing debut novel about a striving finance student, the line between ambition and greed, and the disordered politics of our era "[An] auspicious debut . . . a wildly entertaining drama of ambition and consequence." -SAM SACKS, Wall Street Journal "An absolute riot...Thrilling...Lefferts's wry examination of the societal and economic shifts that led to the once unthinkable hits incredibly close to home." -CHRIS MURPHY, Vanity Fair "[A] sexy political thriller." -CHARLES ARROWSMITH, Washington Post "It's not unusual for a debut novel to be long and full of ideas, but it's rare to come across one as fully formed and intensely readable as Lefferts's. It's about a finance intern disenchanted by the meritocracy myth who gets into John Grisham-level danger when he starts working for a dark money man during Trump's first presidential campaign. Added to the atmosphere (and tethered to the plot) are orgies with MAGA gays, trouble at heartland ...